If we held a popularity contest, pitting all the forms of love against each other, it's very possible that romance would come out the winner. But if we judged the forms of love by almost any other standards, such as heart-satisfaction, or longevity, or security, romance would almost certainly finish dead last.

How can this be explained? Well, romance is very appealing to the selfish side of people. It promises so much, in terms of ego-gratification and sense pleasure. Romance so frequently lets us down, simply because selfishness is incompatible with lasting love. But we needn't give up on romance! Read this article to find out how the wonderful energy of romance can indeed make love sing, just as we hoped it would. See Article